Do the song pulses of Drosophila show cyclic fluctuations?

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:1990
Authors:Bennet-Clark
Journal:Trends Ecol Evol
Volume:5
Issue:3
Pagination:93-7
Date Published:1990 Mar
ISSN:0169-5347
Abstract:

Following analysis of the song of two Drosophila species, Kyriacou and Hall in 1980 described a rhythmic variation in the intervals between sound pulses. This rhythmicity was species specific and various mutants also showed characteristic song-period rhythmicity. Recent attempts by Ewing and by Crossley to confirm the existence of the rhythms, using essentially similar methods, have failed; Kyriacou and Hall have since ascribed these failures to differences in technique and methods of measurement between them and their critics, and re-affirm that the rhythmicity they described exists. In view of the controversy surrounding the existence of song-period rhythmicity, a body of work on the genetics of this behaviour must be viewed with caution.

DOI:10.1016/0169-5347(90)90238-9
Alternate Journal:Trends Ecol. Evol. (Amst.)
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